I agree PlayStation is a big name, which is another reason I think it is going loose this round. Remember Atari? Sega? They too were big names, but they both eventually crashed and burned. Honestly though, I really do not see this happening to Nintendo, They were slow to accept change during a time where cartriges were out they they but full faith in the cartrige game. Then when they did convert over a dvd system, they didn't even make it dvd compatible, which was a big thing at the time. Another of their big mistakes was childish games. I still feel the N64 is an awsome system, but I own less than a dozen games for it, and I really can't think of any that I don't have that are worth playing. Nintendo makes the mistake of relying on there titles to pull them along. I think the wii is going to be different though. It really looks they like they are getting serious. The new nunchuck thing is a really interesting idea too.

Also the CD-i was a joke. It was meant to be some revolutionary new entertainment system, Cd player, video player, and video game player all in one. Instead it crashed and burned.

Ric, I think the wii remotes only send off a small beam of IR light (just like a TV remote), in that case they should last a long time. Do they actually use special batteries? If they do that is retarded.